Word: cajun
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...meal, jump on a table, point his palms toward the sky and yell, "Raise the roof, yo!" to the audience. Morimoto walked away disgusted. "He stood upon the cutting board. Cutting boards and knives are sacred to us," Morimoto said. Imagine what the Japanese would make of screaming Cajun chef Emeril Lagasse...
...unlikely success that says a lot about the appeal of minor-league hockey and the unique civic character of Lafayette, the self-proclaimed capital of French Louisiana. Simmering amid bayous and mossy oaks in the heart of Cajun country, Lafayette (pop. 112,000) is the league's fourth smallest market--and hasn't seen snow or natural ice since 1988. Not surprisingly, two lesser hockey leagues considered Lafayette too risky. Says Jady Regard, the Gators' general manager and a Louisiana native: "Hockey has no business working down here...
...Gators--nine of them from Canada--had to learn that if the local weather doesn't make you sweat, the cuisine will. The concession stands serve red beans and rice, jambalaya and Cajun sausage. (Alligator, served elsewhere in town, is banned at the rink. "Bad luck to eat your mascot," a server explains.) All the food is spicy: even the rink's martinis and Bloody Marys come with pickled okra and peppers. Says Gators coach Don Murdoch, a star right wing for the New York Rangers in the 1970s: "I went from Rolaids to Zantac pretty quick...
Natchitoches, an hour southeast of Shreveport, is the state's oldest European settlement and a haven of Cajun history and culture. It was in nearby Melrose that author Kate Chopin lived and gathered material for her colorful collection, Bayou Folk, and numerous other short stories in 1894. Today the Melrose Plantation Arts and Crafts Festival, an annual June event benefiting Chopin's home and library, draws artists from across the nation and several thousand visitors to the Natchitoches area...
...students come from Humboldt State University, which provides retirees cultural opportunities not often available in a town of 16,000. An annual concert series brings entertainment ranging from chamber music to Cajun bands to Celtic fiddlers. And anyone 60 and older can take any Humboldt State class, room permitting, for a mere $6 a semester...